Lev Kalman
Lev KALMAN (1982, USA) and Whitney Horn collaborate under their production company Special Affects Films. They are originally from New York, where they both studied at Columbia University and live in San Francisco and San Diego, respectively. Together they created a series of video clips and experimental films, before their film Blondes in the Jungle (2009) and their feature film debut L for Leisure (2014) premiered in Rotterdam. In 2024 they join IFFR once again with Dream Team (2024).
Filmography
(all co-dir) Blood Stew (or the Country Club Killer) (2004, short), Christmas in Its Youth (2004, short), O, Nurse! (2004, short), Fun’s Over (2006, short), Dear Santa (2006, short), Jazz Christmas (2007, short), Blondes in the Jungle (2009, short), L for Leisure (2014), Two Plains & a Fancy (2019), Dream Team (2024)
Lev Kalman at IFFR
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Dream Team
Kalman and Horn’s dreamy murder mystery plays like Baywatch Nights as directed by Maya Deren.
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Harbour
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L for Leisure
Comedy about students on holiday in the early 1990s. First feature by Kalman and Horn after IFFR hit Blondes in the Jungle (2010). Friends from Rotter
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Bright Future
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Blondes in the Jungle
Very funny spiritual adventure. On a hunt for the ‘fountain of youth’, three teenagers in 1980s Honduras buy drugs, harm nature and have magical encou
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Spectrum Shorts
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